Car-window.



No. 865,499. 'I 'PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1-907.

W. F. KIESEL, Jn. f

GAR WINDOW.

APPLIUATION FILED 111:0.'24. 190e.

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- `INVENTOR C. www@ f{VBITNESSES ATTORNEY No. 865,499. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907. W. F. KIESEL, JR.

CAR WINDOW APPLICATION FILED DEO. 24. 1906.

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ATTORNEY No. 965,499. PATENTED SEPT.. 10, 1907,

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CAR WIN'DUW.,

APPLIoATIoN FILED DLO. 24.19oe. s sHBETsf-SHBET ,3.

AID'ATIAINT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. KIEsEL, JR., or vIALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Original application iiled March 6, 1906, Serial No. 304,534. Divided and this application led December 24, 1906. l serai No. 349,252.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. K IEsEL, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements-in Car-Windows, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements inthe' Window frames employed in steel railway car construction; and more particularly to an arrangement of sash frames applicable to the railway car frame describedn my ap- 'plication for Letters-Patent of the. U. S. filed March 6 1906, seria1No-3o4534, o plication. l

The object of my improvements is to provide a window frame forv this type of cars which, in combination with the side posts and outside and inside sheathing, will furnish a strong and durable structure; into and from which the sash may be easily inserted and re moved; whichlwil'l hold the sash firmly with dust proof joints; and which will at the same time present a fmfwhich this is a divisional apislied and pleasing appearance.

. I attain my object Aby arranging the parts of the sash frames and applying them to the posts and outside and inside sheathing in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a panel oi a car body between two main side posts embodying my irnprovements, the upper deck parts being omitted; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section on` the line a-a in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical section through one of the window openings on a larger scale and on line b b in Fig. 4; Fig. 4, a corresponding horizontal section on the line '-c in Fig. 3;

i views.

Fig. 5, a detail showing the transverse sections of the side frame plates on a stilllarger scale; and Fig. 6, an

elevation showing an assembled view of a complete window frame, looking at it from the exterior side.

Like numerals designate like parts in the several As described in my aforesaid application, the side framing of the car is supported upon side sills l, from,

which rise the main .side posts 2 dividing the car sides into panels of equal widths. 'lhese posts are of pressed i steel, of U-shaped cross section, bent invard at the top to form the lower deck carlines, and having outside and inside cover plates riveted thereto.

The free ends of the carline entensions of the posts 2A are fastened to longitudinal angle bars 3, which run continuously through the length of the car at each-side.

\ Betteen the mainposts 2 are fastened si'll plates 4 for cal limbs of the sill plates'4 extend between, and lie flush with, the outside cover plates 6 riveted to themajn posts, and the panels below the sill plates are filled in with the sheathing plates 7; said plates being rivetedl at the bottom to the outside of the side sills and at each end and at the top being riveted back of the cover plate 6 and the sill plates 4. The ends of the sill plates. back of the cover plates 6 are fastened to the sides of the main posts by angle plates 8, vsee Figs.` l and 3, and the series of sill plates are further strengthenedy and supported by the metal belt rails 9, the vertical limbs of the sill plates being riveted lin between the belt rails and the sheathing plates 7, as shown in Fig. 3.

At their upper ends, the outside cover plates 6 are carried up behind the top side plates 1l and riveted thereto, as indicated at 10, these top side plates extending continuously from one end oi the carto the other at each side and being strengthened -along their upper .edges by longitudinal angles 12. At the lower edges of the top side plates are riveted pressed steel lintels 13, said lintels being vof .U-shaped cross-section with their ends flattened out and cut to fit in between the top side plates and the cover plate 6 at the main posts, `and between the top side plates andthe outer face oi the intermediate posts. l

To complete the window frames and to provide the requisite grooves or slides for the sash and Window shades, I provide a series of side plates comprising outer side plates 14 having hollow beads, the outward sides oi which beads overlap the cover plates 6 and the intermediate posts 5. These outer side plates are provided Withtransverse flanges which are placed against the Wood filling strips which are emplo, ed to complete the posts, being secured thereto by 'counter-sunk screws, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. 'Back of these outer side plates, I attach by counter-sunk screws intermediate side plates 15, said intermediate side plates being providgd with hollow beads, the outward sides of which overlap the transverse flanges of the outer side'plates n 14 and form with the beads on the latter plates the slides for the window sash. These hollow beads on the intermediate plates .have their outward sides vbent inward at an angle where said sides join the head-of the beads,

thereby adapting the free edge of these outward sides to act as spring plates to hold the sash against the outs e. beads, thereby providing dust-tight'joints and also preventing the rattling 'of the sash. These inter- 'mediate side'plates are further provided with grooves l for the window shades; and along their inward edges they are rabbeted to receive the inner side -plates 16,

which latter plates are simply flat plates flanged along their inward edges to overlap the inside finish of the I window posts, which inside finish consists ofthe panels 19 at the main posts and 2() at the intermediate posts,

said panels being of wood, composite board, metal 4 and extending continuously along the sides of the car v are the inside sills 17, whioh may oe oi wood or metal or other suitable material. These inside sills are iittedaround the main and intermediate posts, and upon them the lower ends vot the intermediate and inner side plates rest. The outer side plates, at their lower ends, are out to fit the incline of the sill plates 4 and 4rest at their outward sides upon the belt rails 9. At their upper ends,- the outer side plates are fitted to the ends of the lintels 13, said lintels on their under. side being of the same width as the beads onthese side plates, thereby permitting the window sash to pass up back of the lintels. At the inside o the car, the tops of the window casings are finished by suitable moldings of Wood or metal which pass across between the inner side plates'l, as shown at 18 in Fig.. 3, the Window sash and window shades passing up through'the spaces between the top casing members 18 and the lintels 13.

As so constructed, the intermediate side plates 15 may be readily removed and reinserted without disturbing the side plates 14 and 16, for inserting or remov-V ing a window sash. Moreover, this construction gives to the sides of the window frame a complete metal sheathing which protects the wood filling and alsopro! Avides a smooth and perfect slideway for the window v sash. These side plates 14, 15 and 16 may be formed from extruded brass or from light steel plates, which` are drawn or pressed into the desired shapes. The joints between plates are perfectly made and the contour of the plates presents a pleasing and finished appearance, when the framework is completed.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. In a sash frame for railway ears, a middle side plate provided -along its outward edge with a hollow bead adapted to form the inner Wall of the sash slide, and having a groove Afor a window shade formed on the plate back of said head, the bottom of said groove being provided with holes to receive attaching' screws.

2. ln a sash-frame for=railway cars, a middle side plate adapted to be attached to a frame post and provided along its outward edge with a hollow bead, the outward side of said head being adapted to Overlie an outer side plate andl form the inner wall of the sash slide. a groove for 'a window shade formed on the plate back of said bead, and a rahhet along the inward edgeof the plate to receive u inner side plate. Y

3. In a sasli-f1a1ne for railway cars, anouter side plate provided with an outside head for the sash-slide, in cornhination with a second side plate provided with a hollow inside head, the outward side of said inside head being adapted to` overlap the outer side plate and to act as a' spring' strip to hold the sash against the outside head.

4. In ai sash ,t'imne for railway cars, an oute`r side plate forming an outside head for the sash-slide, in combination 'with a second side plate provided with a hollow insidi head, the outward side of said inside bead being heut in ward at an angle where it joins the head ofthe head and h'eing left free along' its outer ledge to adapt itto act as a spring' strip lto hold the sash against the outside head.

5. in a sash frame for railway cars, the side plates 14. li'rand 16, of metal formed and fitted togethei'substantially as herein set forth. 1 4

.6. A sash iranie for railway ears, comprising' the outer siii plate 4, the side plates 14, 15 and 1G and the lintel 13 of metal formed and fitted together' substantially asherein 'set forth.

[n testimony whereof \I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

.WILLIAM F. KIESEL, Jin.

Witnesses FRANCIS N. Panis, B., S. BROWN. 

